Spacing\negthinspace

\negthinspaceCommand

Used to insert a small negative horizontal space in math to tighten spacing between adjacent symbols.

a \negthinspace b
Topic
Spacing
Available in
base, textmacros
Kind
prefix
Allowed mode
math, text
Frequency
<0.01% of corpus formulasrank 188 of 263
Commonality
low
Tags
spacing
Renderer support
PackageMathJaxKaTeXXeTeX
baseMathJax: FullKaTeX: FullXeTeX: Full
textmacrosMathJax: FullKaTeX: FullXeTeX: Full
About the test scope

Syntax#

\negthinspace

Takes no arguments. Same argspec in base and textmacros. Reading argspecs

Examples#

textmacros

\text{a\negthinspace b}

Package variants#

PackageSignatureAllowed modeNotes
basemathUsed to insert a small negative horizontal space in math to tighten spacing between adjacent symbols.
textmacrostextInsert a small negative horizontal space in text to tighten spacing between adjacent items.

In TeXForm#

TeXForm parses this entry as prefix syntax; the package determines its argument specification.

Equivalent forms#

  • \!exact

    Both are mapped in BaseMappings.ts to BaseMethods.Spacer with MATHSPACE.negativethinmathspace.

  • \!exact

    Math mode equivalent

See also#

Test cases#

base
InputCaseMathJaxKaTeXXeTeX
\negthinspacePositive · baselinePassPassPass
textmacros
InputCaseMathJaxKaTeXXeTeX
\negthinspacePositive · baselinePassPassPass
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